Herman W. Hellman

Herman W. Hellman (September 25, 1843 – October 19, 1906) was an American businessman, banker, and real estate investor.

Early life Herman W. Hellman was born on September 25, 1843, in Reckendorf, Bavaria. He emigrated to the United States with his brother Isaias W. Hellman, arriving in Los Angeles on May 14, 1859, as a sixteen-year-old.

Career He started working as a courier from Wilmington, California, to Los Angeles for Phineas Banning. In 1861, he worked for his uncle, Samuel Hellman, who had a store in Los Angeles. one mentioned in 1876 on Third Street between Main Street and Spring streets, where a musical boarding school was located one built in 1882 on Main and Commercial streets "next to Litchenberger's", between Court and First streets one at Third and Main streets in 1892 another at the northeast corner of Second Street and Broadway in 1897

In 1903, he hired architect Alfred Rosenheim to design the Hellman Building at Fourth and Spring streets.

Death Hellman died of diabetes on October 19, 1906, in Los Angeles. He was buried at the Home of Peace Cemetery in East Los Angeles.